Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Unit 3 Combined License Application Part 1: General and Administrative Information Revision 0 February 2008 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 3 COL Application Part 1, General and Administrative Information Table of Contents Section Page 1.0. GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1. Applicants - Corporate Information ...................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.1. Entergy Mississippi, Inc. .............................................................................................. 1-2 1.1.2. Entergy Louisiana, LLC ............................................................................................... 1-2 1.1.3. Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC ............................................................................. 1-3 1.1.4. Entergy Operations, Inc. .............................................................................................. 1-3 1.1.5. System Energy Resources, Inc. .................................................................................. 1-4 1.2. Entergy Corporation - Corporate Information .................................................................... 1-13 1.3. Foreign Ownership Declaration ......................................................................................... 1-16 1.4. Requested Licenses And Authorized Uses ....................................................................... 1-16 1.5. Identification Of Jurisdictional Regulatory Agencies .......................................................... 1-17 1.6. Identification Of Trade And News Publications ................................................................. 1-18 1.7. Identification And Location Of Restricted And/Or Defense Information ............................. 1-19 2.0. LOCATION OF EMERGENCY PLANNING INFORMATION .............................................. 2-1 3.0. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1. Construction Cost Estimate ................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2. Financial Qualifications ........................................................................................................ 3-3 3.2.1. Entergy Mississippi Inc. (EMI) ..................................................................................... 3-3 3.2.2. Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL)...................................................................................... 3-4 3.2.3. Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC (EGSL) ................................................................ 3-4 3.2.4. Sources Of Construction Funds ................................................................................... 3-6 3.2.5. Financial Statements ................................................................................................... 3-7 3.3. Operating Costs ................................................................................................................... 3-7 3.4. Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements .......................................... 3-7 3.5. Decommissioning Funding Assurance ................................................................................ 3-7 3.5.1. Estimates Of Funding Requirements ........................................................................... 3-7 3.5.2. Decommissioning Funding Assurance Mechanism ................................................... 3-11 4.0. ANTITRUST INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 4-1 5.0. LOCATION OF EARLY SITE PERMIT VARIANCE REQUESTS, DCD DEPARTURES AND EXEMPTION REQUESTS ................................................................ 5-1 6.0. LOCATION OF INFORMATION TO BE WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE......... 6-1 7.0. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................... 7-1 8.0. ATTACHMENTS .................................................................................................................. 8-1 A Form 10-Q Entergy Corporation, for quarterly period ended 9/30/2007 B Form 10-K Entergy Corporation, for fiscal year ended 12/31/2006 C Form 8-K15D5 dated 12/31/2007, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana 1-i Revision 0 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 3 COL Application Part 1, General and Administrative Information List of Tables Title Page Table 1.1-1 ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC. DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ............................................................................... 1-5 Table 1.1-2 (Sheet 1 of 2) ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ........................................................... 1-6 Table 1.1-2 (Sheet 2 of 2) ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC, DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ........................................................... 1-7 Table 1.1-3 (Sheet 1 of 2) ENTERGY GULF STATES LOUISIANA, LLC DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 1/29/2008 ............................... 1-8 Table 1.1-3 (Sheet 2 of 2) ENTERGY GULF STATES LOUISIANA, LLC DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 1/29/2008 ............................... 1-9 Table 1.1-4 (Sheet 1 of 2) ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ......................................................... 1-10 Table 1.1-4 (Sheet 2 of 2) ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ......................................................... 1-11 Table 1.1-5 SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ............................................................................. 1-12 Table 1.2-1 (Sheet 1 of 2) ENTERGY CORPORATION DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ......................................................... 1-14 Table 1.2-1 (Sheet 2 of 2) ENTERGY CORPORATION DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICERS As of 11/16/2007 ......................................................... 1-15 Table 3.5-1 Decommissioning Funding Assurance Calculation Worksheet ............................ 3-9 Table 3.5-2 Calculation of Escalation Factors ....................................................................... 3-10 1-ii Revision 0 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 3 COL Application Part 1, General and Administrative Information 1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION This Combined Operating License Application (COLA) is submitted by Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI) on behalf of itself; Entergy Mississippi, Inc. (EMI); Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL); Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC (EGSL); and System Energy Resources, Inc. (SERI) for construction and operation of one nuclear powered generating plant designated as Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS), Unit 3, hereafter referred to as Unit 3. Roles of the applicants are described in the following sections. In addition, special nuclear material licenses, by- product material licenses, and source material licenses, as required for construction and operation, are requested. Unit 3 will utilize the GE – Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEH) ESBWR light water reactor design. The ESBWR is a 4500 MWt reactor that uses natural circulation for normal operation and has passive safety features. General Electric Company (GE, now GEH) submitted an application for final design approval and standard design certification for the ESBWR on August 24, 2005, which the NRC is currently reviewing under docket number 52-010. It is anticipated that the design certification of the ESBWR will be issued in June 2010. This COL application references and incorporates Revision 4 of the Design Control Document (DCD) (Reference 7-14) currently under review in the design certification proceeding. This COL application also references and incorporates early site permit (ESP) ESP-002, issued to SERI on April 5, 2007, pursuant to 10CFR52.24. ESP-002 is valid until April 5, 2027. The COLA has been divided into parts as follows: Part 1: General and Administrative Information Part 2: Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR) Part 3: Environmental Report (ER) Part 4: Technical Specifications (TS) Part 5: Emergency Plan (E-Plan) Part 6: LWA/Site Redress Plan (Not Used) Part 7: Departures Report (includes information on departures, variances, and exemptions) Part 8: Safeguards/Security Plans (provided by separate submittal) Part 9: Withheld Information (Proprietary, Sensitive, and SUNSI) Part 10: ITAAC Part 11: Enclosures Part 1 of the COLA addresses the requirements of 10CFR50.33, “Contents of applications; general information.” 1.1. APPLICANTS - CORPORATE INFORMATION This Combined Operating License Application (COLA) is submitted by Entergy Operations, Inc. (EOI) on behalf of itself; Entergy Mississippi, Inc. (EMI); Entergy Louisiana, LLC (ELL); Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC (EGSL); and System Energy Resources, Inc. (SERI). Entergy Mississippi, Inc.; Entergy Louisiana, LLC; and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC will own GGNS Unit 3. The ownership shares among these three companies have not yet been determined. 1-1 Revision 0 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 3 COL Application Part 1, General and Administrative Information System Energy Resources, Inc. (SERI) is the GGNS Early Site Permit holder and owns the property associated with the location of GGNS Unit 3. SERI will not have ownership interest in GGNS Unit 3. Entergy